UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS
HO CHI MINH CITY (UEH)
Dr. Tran Mai Dong
Deputy Head of International Relations Office
Dean of International Languages and Country Studies Institute,
UEH
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Established in 1976
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Top 1 business university in
Vietnam with strong regional
influence (Eduniversal ranking)
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One of 14 key universities in
Vietnam
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Research oriented university
• Bachelor, Master, Ph.D degrees in
business and economics, finance,
banking and law.
• Taught in English and Vietnamese
• 21,000 full-time and part-time
students
14
Schools
12 Administration
Departments
6 Research centers
and Institutes
5
15
International
Schools &
Centers
International
Joint Program
Centers
Economics
Accounting
Management
Economic Mathematics and Statistics
International Business - Marketing
Business Information System
Public Finance
Political Studies
Finance
Law
Banking
Government
Foreign Languages for Economics
Tourism
Convenient locations…
HO CHI MINH CITY
6
8 campuses, 2 dormitories and 1 guest house
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS
HO CHI MINH CITY
2012
2013
2014
7
13
16
3
3
8
38
74
139
21
6
6
Number of research projects approved by UEH
57
72
61
Total number of research papers and projects
151
186
262
Number of research papers on ISI, Scopus and
ABDC
Number of research papers on ISSN international
journals (no ranking)
Number of research papers published in
Vietnamese journals - in business and economics
fields
Number of research projects approved by MOET
and Provinces
International Publication
(ISI, Scopus, ABDC,…)
Vietnamese Journal
250
20
200
15
150
10
100
50
5
0
0
2012
2013
2014
Vietnamese Journal
2015
2012
2013
2014
International Journal
Research oriented university…
2015
However, UEH has the right of autonomy and selfresponsibility in the operational mechanism and in the
collaboration in scientific research
Pursuant to the Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP dated on 24/10/2006
adopted by the Government related to piloting project on
innovative operational mechanism for public higher education
institutions period 2014 – 2017.
Pursuant to the Decision No. 2377/QĐ-TTg dated on
29/12/2014 adopted by the Prime Minister related to approving
project on piloting innovative operational mechanism for the
University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City period 2014 – 2017.
PH.D lecturers: 165  33% lecturers
PH.D candidates: 300 / 35000 total students
Post graduate students: 1400
800 USD/ lecturers  600,000 USD / year
= 5-7 % of total revenue
Recruiting staff with strong research ability to
improve both quantity and quality of research.
Create a research team in every school at the UEH,
starting with the School of Economics, School of
Management, School of Finance, School of Banking and
School of International Business and Marketing.
Increase the number of Ph.D candidate from UEH,
lecturers who do not have a Ph.D degree need to
achieve PhD degree within 7 years (from 2015).
UEH to invite Vietnamese lectures and researchers who live
in other countries (from its international network) to come
back to VN and collaborate with UEH.
Hosting and organizing annual academic seminars &
international conferences, such as VEAM 2014, GREEN ECONOMY
2015, INFINITI 2016 to improve the research quality for UEH
lecturers. Enhancing co-researching and co-publishing.
Seeking funds for “Attracting talent” as well as “Enhancing
Academic Research” (from 2014), in order to recruit and
attract researchers and provide them high salary, bonus, good
facility and equipment.
Year
2016
2020
Budget per lecturer
USD 800
USD 1000
Total budget for UEH
USD 600,000
USD 750,000 - 900,000
STRATEGY:
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Recruiting staff with strong research ability.
Identify stable incomes for research.
Identify other incomes from domestic and international funds
Identify opportunities to sign research contracts.
From 2016 to 2020, 5% of the UEH tuition fee (around USD 600,000) is
used for research activities and this amount will be increased to 7% 8% (USD 750,000 - 900,000).
• Seeking more fund resources for research activities by submitting
research proposals to World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Academic
Fund, …
• Developing the funding activities for research at UEH within domestic
and international level.